Photoshop Q: Gradual Effects 3030 Responses

Last post: 1 month ago | Thread started: Feb 8, 10, 11:30 a.m.

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• Noggin

  Ive forgotten how to change the strength of an effect over a set distance (say with a gradient).

  Google results show the usual layer mask fade but thats not what Im looking for.

  Help?

  Feb 8, 10, 11:30 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  Mask

  • Quick Mask?– Noggin1/2

    No...create a layer mask and make it a gradient, or any pattern or cutout.– monospaced2/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 11:33 a.m. – Permalink

• lumedia

  i think that is what you are looking for.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 11:34 a.m. – Permalink

• bored2death

  don't they have google in india?

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 11:34 a.m. – Permalink

• Noggin

  The layer mask approach (unless im doing it wrong) will only affect the opacity...

  Thats not the effect Im looking for, say im pixelating an image, id like the strength of the pixelation to be gradual, make sense?

  I guess its kinda like key-framing on a static image.

  • i know what you're talking about. i'd be interested in the solution also...– bigtrickagain

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:11 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  Exactly. If you have your regular image on one layer, and the pixelated one on the next layer, you could use the gradient layer mask to fade between the two. If that's not what you're looking for, then sorry, I'm not a Photoshop guru.

  • < this– discoduro

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:15 p.m. – Permalink

• bigtrickagain

  he doesn't want to vary the opacity of the effect, but rather the strength. like, if he were to apply a gaussian blur, he'd want one end of the image to have a blur of 200 pixels, and the other end of the image to have a blur of 0 pixels. subtly different from having an overall blur of 200 pixels and a variable opacity on that blur.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:18 p.m. – Permalink

• baseline_shift

  use a soft brush or feathered selection to make the transition in the layer mask mode. this will make it gradual.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:19 p.m. – Permalink

• bigtrickagain

  (cont. from above) in the middle of this image, what Noggin wants is a gaussian blur of 100 pixels since 0 < 100 < 200. using the layer masks would only get him a half-visible 200px blur in the middle of the image.

  • Exactly.– Noggin

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:19 p.m. – Permalink

• kumori04

  you could always try feathering a selection

  • see the other three posts above that clearly point out why this won't work– epic_rim

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:19 p.m. – Permalink

• bigtrickagain

  Noggin: I've done this manually before - I've set up multiple layers with varying strengths on the effect, then used the layer mask on each layer to progressively reveal more and more of the effect across the image.

  Did that make sense?

  • Yeah I thought this was the only other option.– Noggin

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:22 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  I just ran some tests in Photoshop and I see your issue, Noggin. I once wanted to create a fake depth of focus and tried overlaying a blurred image with a gradient mask. The effect was less than satisfactory and I gave up. I hope you find the answer and share it with us here.

  • Yeah I thought that would be the most common use for this process.– Noggin

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:23 p.m. – Permalink

• fresnobob

  I don't think you can do that what you want without writing your own filter

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:23 p.m. – Permalink

• epic_rim

  this could be scripted if you had the time/energy

  something similar to bigtrickagain's approach, but automated with finer resolution.

  • +1– fugged

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:24 p.m. – Permalink

• fugged

  It would be cool, if you could use a mask as filter strength, rather than just opacity.

  • or any filter parameter, for that matter.– fugged1/4

    <<<– monospaced2/4

    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<– DoTheMacarena3/4

    <<<.– bigtrickagain4/4

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:29 p.m. – Permalink

• Noggin

  I could be wrong (due to abysmal memory) but Im sure I was able to do this years ago with PS.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:32 p.m. – Permalink

• DoTheMacarena

  Yeah I'd like to know the same. Seems like it would be an obvious option for PS.

  Otherwise, you can always use a node based compositing software to do it (eg shake or nuke). AE will do it depending on which plugin you're using.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:38 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  Hmmm...I think I found the answer.
  http://www.qbn.com/topics/597931…

  Just a little comic relief. Carry on. And keep us posted.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:42 p.m. – Permalink

• CyBrain

  I concur with the need to manually filter different sections of your image. I wish Adobe would develop and intensity mask for layer effects.

  • Adobe, are you reading thiis?– monospaced1/4

    start twittering about it. they'll see it.– fugged2/4

    Yes we are. We have a breakfast meeting about this tomorrow morning. I'll let you know as soon as we are done. :)– OSFA3/4

    Nice. I mean, seriously, this is Adobe's market speaking right here.– monospaced4/4

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 12:51 p.m. – Permalink

• Noggin

  Im pretty sure theres a market for a plugin that could do this (royalties please), then Adobe will purchase the company.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 1:08 p.m. – Permalink

• lumedia

  you mean like what fade vs. opacity does, but with the control of using a mask?

  • fade vs. opacity?– monospaced

  

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  Dog-earFeb 8, 10, 1:19 p.m. – Permalink